Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of a group of plantlike organisms showing no differentiation into stem, root, or leaf, including the algae, fungi, and lichens, formerly regarded as constituting a major division of the plant kingdom.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A plant of the subkingdom Thallophyta; one of the lower cryptogams.
Wiktionary
- n. botany Any of a large number of plants that consist of a thallus only, with no flower, leaves etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta.
- n. (Bot.) Same as Thallogen.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf
Etymologies
- thallus + -phyte (Wiktionary)
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thallophyte’.
-
A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for thallophyte.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.